Laura I had practically run off the terrace after Jason's speeches. I knew that Jason wasn't going to give up on me, so I had to take some action. "Hi, kitten. How are you?" I heard Richard's voice on the other end of the line as soon as he answered. "Hi, Rick. It's so good to hear your voice,"
JasonSeeing Laura kiss another man was so painful for me that I couldn't even explain it, it hurt as much as if I had been hit by a train. They were there right in front of me, kissing and destroying me. I felt so much hatred that I didn't think twice and went after that idiot, really wanting to ki
LauraFrom what happened in the following days, I could see that Jason was trying to stay away from me, he stopped showing up at Nemesis and stopped trying to invest in me like he did before. I was told that he had returned to his main company, which was good news for me as I could now work without
I could hear the board laughing softly, finding my presentation amusing. I smiled at them and played the first video. Where beautiful models paraded the Nemesis brand's new winter collection attractively and charmingly, there was something in the light, the setting, the editing, and the angle at whi
Laura "God in heaven, how arrogant that man is! A complete son of a bitch! How did you manage to stay married to him for so long?" Said Mia, who was one of the designers responsible for the project. A few minutes ago Jason had left the meeting room after turning down our arduous project in such a
"So you did all this to humiliate me and show that you're in charge?" I asked with my head held high. Two weeks had passed since the last time I had seen him, the day I kissed Richard in front of him and then there was that fight, two weeks had passed and I thought Jason was going to forget me and g
Laura I was in disbelief at all the nonsense Jason was saying. A kiss? Did he want me to kiss him to clear the project? Good heavens, Jason was unbelievable! "Are you crazy? What nonsense are you asking me?" I asked, quite surprised by what he just said. I hadn't kissed him in about five years. Ho
LauraI spent the entire weekend working on the project, I barely ate, and I went to sleep at around 4 am to wake up at 6 am, have some coffee, and go back to work, but no matter how much I applied myself and gave my all, I should recognize that the work I was doing had lost its essence. It no longe
Caleb, Abby, Madison, Nadia—they all spun through my head like a broken carousel. I wanted to tell my parents everything, collapse and ask for help, but the thought of seeing disappointment in their eyes—or worse, them trying to intervene at Oxwell to “save” me—made me swallow the words. I had to fi
Annie POV It was the weekend, and I was at home, trying to take deep breaths and pretend everything was okay. The Oxwell campus was a few hours away, giving me temporary relief from the chaos my life had become. Here, with my parents and the twins, I could at least try to be the old Annie—the exc
Max POV Walking beside someone who’d once meant so much to me felt strange. I couldn’t stop thinking that our breakup had been a waste, couldn’t stop remembering how happy I’d been with this guy, only to ruin it all because of my ego, because of a toxic fixation I had on Albert. Conrad Adams walke
Max POV was stunned when Albert told me that, my mouth even went dry because I wasn’t expecting to hear it. Conrad Adams was back. He was my boyfriend in my early twenties. I met him through Albert, who was close friends with him during the dark days of his family’s company. Conrad was a good guy
Max POV I was driving through the city with the radio on low, just a background murmur to keep the silence from swallowing me whole, when my phone buzzed on the dashboard. Zoey. Of course it was her. The girl had already wormed her way into my house like a high-heeled parasite, and now, apparently,
Annie POV After the moment at the mall, I returned to the dorm with a tight chest, carrying the bags with the blue dress Summer had insisted I buy. The plan was to distract myself, but Madison’s words—“racist,” “canceled piece of trash”—spun in my head like a broken record, mingling with Nadia’s re
When I met her last week at a council meeting, I could tell she’d be a challenge—confident, charismatic, the type who knew how to play the game. “Ugh, Madison Goodwin is here too. What a rotten day,” I grumbled, rolling my eyes. Of course Abby would get close to Madison—she was her adopted cousin.
Annie POV I was still trying to process everything that had happened at the square. Caleb’s words—“I hope you suffer”—mixed with Nadia’s ultimatum about my revoked candidacy had left me in pieces. My dream of leading the student council, something I saw as the first step toward following in my mom’
Annie POV I was still sitting on the bench in the square, the echo of Caleb’s words reverberating in my head like thunder that wouldn’t fade. "I hope you suffer." He had shoved the bouquet of pink flowers against my chest and stormed off, leaving me with a mix of shock, anger, and something that